Technology Quotes

From the printing press to AI, these quotes explore humanity's relationship with its own inventions.

12000 quotes

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"Technology should serve humanity, not control it."
Fred Sanger
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"Technology amplifies both our virtues and vices."
Fred Sanger
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"Technology is just a tool; the real power comes from the human mind that decides how to use it."
Shinya Yamanaka
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"The technology we develop is only as ethical as the wisdom we bring to its application."
Shinya Yamanaka
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"The polymerase chain reaction is a technique for making many copies of a piece of DNA. It's like photocopying DNA."
Kary Mullis
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"Technology is a tool, not a solution to all problems."
Kary Mullis
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"Technology should enhance human connection, not replace it."
Kary Mullis
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"We are living in an era where biology is becoming an engineering discipline."
Jennifer Doudna
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"The democratization of scientific tools is changing the world."
Jennifer Doudna
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"Technology advances fastest when driven by a sense of purpose greater than profit."
Herbert Boyer
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"Technology should serve humanity, not the reverse."
John Kendrew
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"Recombinant DNA technology is a tool, and like all tools, its value depends on how we choose to use it."
Herbert Boyer
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"Technology amplifies human potential when guided by human values."
Emmanuelle Charpentier
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"Technology amplifies our ability to see what was previously invisible."
Fred Sanger
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"Technology should serve science, not the other way around."
Fred Sanger
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"CRISPR is a tool that democratizes the ability to edit genes, putting powerful biotechnology in the hands of scientists everywhere."
Jennifer Doudna
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"The tools we create as scientists become mirrors in which society sees its own values and choices."
Jennifer Doudna
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"The media doesn't just report reality; it constructs it."
Stanley Cohen
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"Technology is merely the tool; vision is the treasure."
John Kendrew
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"Technology amplifies human vision; it does not replace it."
John Kendrew
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"The tools we create reflect the intentions we bring to them."
Herbert Boyer
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"Technology should serve humanity, not the other way around."
Kary Mullis
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"CRISPR is a tool, like any tool, and how we use it matters profoundly."
Jennifer Doudna
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"The tools we create reshape what it means to be human."
Jennifer Doudna
"The science of today is the technology of tomorrow."
Jonas Salk
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"Nature's secrets are written in a language of atoms and bonds."
John Kendrew
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"The technology of our time allows us to see what ancient philosophers could only dream of."
John Kendrew
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"Technology extends our senses into realms previously beyond reach."
John Kendrew
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"Technology must serve humanity, not control it."
Elie Metchnikoff
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"Technology amplifies both human virtue and vice."
Elie Metchnikoff